DevOps

DevOps

Channel-friendly automated incident response startup StackPulse exits stealth with $28 Million Series A

January 19, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on Channel-friendly automated incident response startup StackPulse exits stealth with $28 Million Series A
StackPulse uses DevOps best practices and software to automate incident responses across platforms, ensuring uptime and reliability. Unusually for a startup in this space, they are doing this with a channel out of the gate.

Cloud

GitLab expands partnership with IBM to IBM Cloud Pak

January 14, 2021 Mark Cox Comments Off on GitLab expands partnership with IBM to IBM Cloud Pak
Today, DevOps lifecycle platform provider GitLab is announcing the expansion of their strategic alliance with IBM that expands GitLab into the IBM cloud with GitLab Ultimate for IBM Cloud Paks. GitLab, which defines itself as
Cloud

Most organizations use Kubernetes and microservices but challenges keep that use limited

December 2, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Most organizations use Kubernetes and microservices but challenges keep that use limited
A new survey sponsored by Volterra finds while almost 9 in 10 organizations use cloud-native apps, the vast majority don’t run many business apps on Kubernetes or on microservices.

DevOps

Authorization policy management innovator build.security emerges from stealth

November 18, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Authorization policy management innovator build.security emerges from stealth
build.security has developed a platform which makes it simple for developers to implement authorization policy, and which is likely to be put to numerous use cases, some of which will be conceived by partners.

Channel Programs

HashiCorp celebrates rise in channel business at 2020 Partner Summit

October 14, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on HashiCorp celebrates rise in channel business at 2020 Partner Summit
HashiCorp channel chief Michelle Graff talks with ChannelBuzz about the company’s channel progress since the revamp of their channel program and strategy a year ago, and indicated what’s new for the year ahead.

Artificial Intelligence

BigPanda expands channel ecosystem with additional personnel and resources

August 6, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on BigPanda expands channel ecosystem with additional personnel and resources
The new resources include two net new Alliance Director positions, which are being filled by Nisa Spyker, who comes from Cisco and Matt Biehler, who has had partner management roles at Bluecore and Datadog.

Channel Programs

Continuous Delivery as-a-Service provider Harness set to expand channel enablement resources

July 23, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Continuous Delivery as-a-Service provider Harness set to expand channel enablement resources
Harness formalized a multi-tier partner program a year ago, which now includes close to 40 partners. Over the next six months, they will implement a broader training and certification program, deploy additional technical and sales resources, and roll out a Partner Solutions Lead Program.